Economy of Asia

27 Nov 2012

If China's new leaders really want to understand the economic challenge they face, they should dig out an essay published in the November 1994 edition of Foreign Affairs magazine by American...

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Outsized appetite in a finite world

17 Aug 2012

Two months ago, the US Department of Agriculture forecast the biggest corn harvest in history: 376million tonnes. After two months of record heat and drought in the US Midwest, it has dropped its...

Tightening seen as deals slow markedly

11 Jun 2012

A year after the government launched a series of measures to ease surging home prices, Hong Kong's housing market has shown tentative signs of slowing in the past month after considerable price...

Wary applause as China's trade soars in May

11 Jun 2012

China's exports and imports increased sharply in May but economists said the encouraging data did not signal a turnaround for the slowing economy.

Tsang's warnings are on the money

10 Jun 2012

Hong Kong's property market has come through some turbulent times since the handover - the Asian financial crisis, the Sars outbreak and the global financial crisis.

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Alex Lo

Church developers remain unbowed by government rules

Alice Wu

John Tsang's confused middle-class claim

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Diamond dealers look to the east

Hong Kong has become a major export destination for the Israeli diamond industry, which is turning its attention to Asian markets, according to Michal Gordon-Keret, managing director of Israel...

Vice-premier confident over growth

In a bid to defy doomsayers' predictions that the days of China's booming economy are coming to an end, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said yesterday the country had the ability to maintain stable,...

Canary in China's coal mine stopped singing in January

Interpreting January's economic data from China is always tricky. There are too many distortions around the Lunar New Year holidays to draw conclusions with any confidence.

More cities feel the impact of austerity moves

The latest figures on the mainland's property sector suggest that government austerity measures are having an increasing impact, with only two out of 70 cities recording price gains for newly...

HK home prices slump 4pc in past five weeks

Hong Kong home prices are falling at a faster pace, slumping 4.05 per cent over the past five weeks, says Centaline Property Agency.

Centaline said the secondary market was hit by...

Syndicated loans climb to new highs in Asia

Syndicated loan volume in the Asia-Pacific region, including Hong Kong, was the highest on record last year as economic growth increased corporates' demand for loans.